A close call on interstate 95 north of Boston it was a brush with death literally an -- flew off the back of a landscaping contractors truck. Not -- there in that car's windshield that acts came -- within inches of the woman city in the car's passenger seat. Police say the contractor left the acts on the hood of his truck for -- it there. Before driving off the man was cited for driving with unsecured cargo and find. 200 dollars that is totally frightening. And they said that if that driver who was hit -- -- action got a little bit faster could actually hit one of the passengers and really injured and so he's pretty lucky. Terrified driving behind any -- latter's. Again here in the back always afraid of flies out that you apparently -- 51000 accidents a year according to government are caused by. Unsecured -- by the way the truck driver he said he was sorry.

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